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PATBNTED FEB. 16, 1904.

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PLATE POR RANGBS 0R STOVES.

'APPLIOATION FILED MAY 22, 1903.

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No. 752,239. PATENTED ma le, 1904. J. MAGBE. PLATE FOR RANGBS 0R STOVBS.

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IUNITED vSTATES Patented February 16, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

NAOE COMPANY, MASSACHUSETTS.

OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATTON OFv PLATE FOR RANGES OR STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,239, dated February 16, 1904.

l Application filed May 22, 1903. Serial No. 158,235. (No model.)

The invention herein described relates to an improved plate for ranges and stoves. It is represented as embodied in what is known as the top plate of a range or stove.

It comprises a structure whereby a central portion of the plate is shaped to provide or form a section of the rim of the plate and is also formed to provide end recesses for receiving the ends of detachable rims which form 2O ornamental continuations of the rim of the plate, the purpose of the invention being to obtain a plate which shall have a central per.- manent rim-section capable of being finished black, which shall extend outward suiiiciently to form a salient part of the edge of the plate and which salient black section shall be flanked on either side by a rim-section capable of being finished in a contrasting color to that of the central permanent rim-section and which shall also be substantially within the outer line of said central rim-section, and thus assist in making it the salient section of the edge of the plate.

I will now describe the invention in detail in conjunction with the drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein- Figure l shows the top of the stove in elevation finished with my improved rim-plate structure.V Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the rim-plate detached from the stove. Fig. 3 shows a plan view of one of the detachable rims detached from the rim-plate. Fig. t shows a cross-section on the line d 4 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 shows a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 shows a cross-sectionyon the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the top plate of a stove or range. e is a central portion upon one side thereof extending outwardly and having an integral rim e', which 5 o is slightly curved or rounded from end to end. This central integral rim-forming portion of the plate has at each end an inwardly-extending curved edge c2, which is relatively deep and which is extended around the edge of the plate toward each corner, where it forms a rounded recess a3. Below this curved edge there is preferaly a wall rf. There is attached to the plate in any desired way upon each side of the central permanent rim the detachable 6o rims B B. These detachable rims are counterparts in reverse, and each has its inner edge shaped to follow the edge of the main plate Jfrom the end of the central permanent rim thereof to or near the end of the plate. detachable rims are in the form `of scrolls. They have the enlargements In at each end, which are of av size to more than dll the recesses e3 a3 in the edge of the plate upon each side of the central permanent portion of the 7o plate, and preferably one of these enlargements extends outwardly and the other inwardly. The enlargements are flattened upon their top and are in line with the upper surface of the plate. is curved to varying degrees, but so as to, in effect, correspond with the. curve of the central permanent rim. Each scroll-rim is represented as attached to the. plate by tongues 52 3, which extend from the enlargements to 8O engage the under surface of the plate through holes formed in the wall and plate edge. The scroll-rims may be otherwise attached to the plate, if desired. Itis preferable that they should be detachably secured in order that 8 5 they may be readily removed from time to time for cleaning and polishing.V They also are preferably nickel-plated.

Having thus full;T described my invention,

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 90 of the United States-H A plate for stoves and ranges having on one or more edges an outward-extending, central portion provided with an integral rim, the

These The outer edge of the scroll 7 5 said plate having on each side of said central portion the curved edge deepened at the end of said central portion and also at the end of the plate and adapted to receive therein the enlargements of a removable rim-scroll, and rim-scrolls having Said enlargements shaped upon their inner edge to t the edge of the plate and rounded upon their outer surfaces to correspond With the integral rim of the eentral portion as and for the .purposes set forth.

JOHN MAGEE. In presence of- J. M. DOLAN, SAUL SIPPERSTEI'N. 

